{"product_id":"singleness-von-michal-glowala","title":"Singleness","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        The book is a systematic study of the issue of self-individuation in the scholastic debate on principles of individuation (\n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eprincipia individuationis\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        ).\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        The point of departure is a general formulation of the problem of individuation acceptable for all the participants of the scholastic debate: a principle of individuation of \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         is what makes \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         individual (in various possible senses of ‘making something individual’). The book argues against a \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eprima\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003efacie\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                         plausible view that everything that is individual is individual by itself and not by anything distinct from it (\n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eStrong Self-Individuation Thesis\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        ). The keynote topic of the book is a detailed analysis of the two competing ways of rejecting the Strong Self-Individuation Thesis: the Scotistic and the Thomistic one. The book defends the latter one, discussing a number of issues concerning substantial and accidental forms, essences, properties, instantiation, the Thomistic notion of \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003emateria signata\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        , Frege’s \n                    \n                    \u003ci\u003eBegriff-Gegenstand \u003c\/i\u003e\n                                        distinction, and Geach’s form-function analogy developed in his writings on Aquinas.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003eIn the context of both the scholastic and contemporary metaphysics, the book offers a framework for dealing with issues of individuality and defends a Thomistic theory of individuation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783110611700\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSelf-Individuation and Its Rejection in the Scholastic Debate on Principles of Individuation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783110462951\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSelf-Individuation and Its Rejection in the Scholastic Debate on Principles of Individuation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783110611700","offer_id":54209761968453,"sku":"9783110611700","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover - 9783110462951","offer_id":40545146339421,"sku":"9783110462951","price":99.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/054671d6-968e-4252-9570-d58f7d75c364.jpg?v=1778042145","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/singleness-von-michal-glowala","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}